The Daleks have exterminated The Beatles! (and everyone else in1963) If the Doctor doesn’t repair the timeline, Amy will disappear with along with the rest of humanity.
City of the Daleks is the first of four episodes in Doctor Who: The Adventure Games, available for free (if you live in the UK) @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/theadventuregames/
There are no difficulty settings and the game is very easy. A checklist keeps track of your mission requirements and Amy gives you hints when you talk to her. Most of the game involves avoiding the Daleks’ scans by finding cover and patiently waiting until your in the clear. The entire episode, including finding collectables (cards with info on current and classic Doctor Who characters), takes about an hour.
The hardest part of the game is getting it if you live outside the UK. An international version will be available in July for purchase but considering the quality and length of the game, I can’t see even the most avid Doctor Who fan paying more than a dollar per episode.
According to the BBC Blog they’re “making arrangements for other sites to offer them,” hopefully they’ll be charging the sites that host it and not the end user.
But why wait till July, when you can circumvent BBC’s security right now. You don’t even need a sonic screwdriver!
First, close all internet applications except for a single internet explorer webpage (no tabs).
Use http://www.daveproxy.co.uk/ to download it.
Unfortunately, the installer is better at detecting your location so find a UK proxy with high anonymity @ http://hidemyass.com/proxy-list/search-8
ip address: 91.103.185.182 port: 80 worked for “my friend”
UPDATE: you can also try ip address: 89.16.178.168 port: 3128
Then select tools in the internet explorer window > internet options > connections > LAN settings. Deselect “automatically detect settings” and enter the ip address and port number. You may have to try more than one ip, if so make sure to use your task manager to completely close out of failed installations.
The ip addresses are usually slow that’s why I recommend using daveproxy first to download it.
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs69w/profiles/the-adventure-games
Episode One: City of the Daleks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/cityofthedaleks/Installer-CityoftheDaleks.exe
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/cityofthedaleks/v1.10/c274f1feecfcfc6dd6059d65b8d5061c/Installer-CityoftheDaleks.exe
Episode Two: Blood of the Cybermen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/bloodofthecybermen/Installer-BOTC.exe
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/bloodofthecybermen/v2.0/f4e83b3a53069986e8ee32de2980a623/Installer-BOTC.exe
Episode Three: TARDIS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/tardis/Install-TARDIS.exe
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/TARDIS/v3.0/118c55599e6a8fc8040fb4fa0597a6d6/Install-TARDIS.exe
Episode Four: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/shadows-of-the-vashta-nerada/Installer-Shadows-of-the-Vashta-Nerada.exe
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/shadowsofthevashtanerada/v1.0/fbf925f90a99a0462e6fd6f9027a807e/Installer-Shadows-of-the-Vashta-Nerada.exe
Episode Five: The Gunpowder Plot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/thegunpowderplot/Installer-TheGunpowderPlot.exe
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/thegunpowderplot/v1.0/jfidkmirutiukiiierkru845894klgi84/Installer-TheGunpowderPlot.exe
#127.0.0.1 http://www.bbc.co.uk
Those who want to install whithout any proxy messing (this is a little advanced thought) it involes settng up a personal web server, as such I’ll try keep it simple, I advise using Xampp as it’s porable and doesn’t need setup, (links below) once installed in the install directory (I’ll use $ as the path as in $ = “C:\Portable\Xampp\” out of “C:\Portable\Xampp\xampp\”) you’ll find a folder called “htdocs” inside this folder make the setup up “doctorwho\tag\api\geo” so make new diectory doctorwho, inside that make tag etc etc. in the geo folder you’ll need to make a file called “isukrequest” no extention or anything in this file (open with notepad) type 1, close the file and add the line below to the hosts file of windows (also open in notepad. once Xampp is running you’ll have no problem installing the game just make sure you have the file downloaded first optherwise you won’t be able to download them. if you need any more help just e-mail me and I’ll do my best
Hosts File
127.0.0.1 http://www.bbc.co.uk
Xampp
http://portableapps.com/apps/development/xampp
Just thought it might be helpful here are all the links for the games tested in Ireland all working
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/cityofthedaleks/v1.10/c274f1feecfcfc6dd6059d65b8d5061c/Installer-CityoftheDaleks.exe
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/bloodofthecybermen/v2.0/f4e83b3a53069986e8ee32de2980a623/Installer-BOTC.exe
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/TARDIS/v3.0/118c55599e6a8fc8040fb4fa0597a6d6/Install-TARDIS.exe
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/shadowsofthevashtanerada/v1.0/fbf925f90a99a0462e6fd6f9027a807e/Installer-Shadows-of-the-Vashta-Nerada.exe
OMG, you are my HERO!!
Worked perfectly, even the ip adress!
Thank you very much!!!!
Greetings,
Tiza
(who didn’t want to wait anymore for the outside-uk-release)
Excellent guide, thank you for your help! Your “friend’s” proxy still works. Why only give the game away for free in the UK? If PBS ever makes an Antiques Roadshow adventure game we should do the same thing and limit it to the US!
As far as I know, the UK gets it free because their taxes paid for it.
“Screw the roads! Let’s make a Doctor Who computer game! Tally-ho, chaps!”
Thanks for the proxy info, been trying for hours to get this installed, but couldn’t find a working proxy address. Even tried another method, installing a webserver and redirecting bbc.co.uk to it. That one didn’t work either.
The proxy IP above worked perfectly on the first try.
That proxy still works for Blood of the Cybermen too…awesome!
How do I update my video card drivers? I’m currently running windows 7.
Find out what video card you have through the device manager (in control panel) go to video card manufacturer’s website and download them.
I followed all of the instructions, and it properly installed, but when I launch the game, it comes up with a blank white window for about a second, then closes.
It’s not a particularly demanding game, and the location check is only during the installer (I just downloaded the in game update and it still works for me without any ip wizardry) so maybe it wasn’t installed properly. I would suggest the usual steps: update your video cards drivers, uninstall and reinstall the game (ensuring no failed/hanging installations are running first using your task manager), and run the game as administrator.
If all else fails, ask the Doctor to make a house call and give it a good sonicing.
This worked perfectly to install the DW game for me here in Canada.
I had to try a couple of different proxies to get it to work, but now it’s up and running.
It’s worth mentioning (as I didn’t find you made it clear) that if the proxy doesn’t work the installation basically hangs. I was sat there waiting for something to happen and it didn’t, then I finally figured out what you meant in your closing sentence about Task Manager!
If you run task manager and go into processes, you can see a process called “installcity validation” end it. Bingo.
my friend couldnt work ths proxy stuff out, got the game from irc instead (yeaah i know) and gave himself a virus.
That sucks especially since you still gotta get the game to install anyway, but nothing wrong with irc as long as it’s a good channel and you download from trusted room ops.
Or just download the game from any country:
The BBC website checks your IP address to see if you are in the UK before you can download. Once it has done this, you are redirected to the download address.
The redirect does NOT check your region… so anyone can directly download the file regardless of country. (At least until they notice this security hole and fix it.)
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/doctorwho/theadventuregames/download/cityofthedaleks/c274f1feecfcfc6dd6059d65b8d5061c/Installer-CityoftheDaleks.exe
To install you still must have a UK proxy set up in Internet Explorer (regardless of what browser you normally use.)
YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
ive been looking for this type of help for a good 2 hours and shazam your their to help me!!!! THANKS
Glad to help. It was equally frustrating for me to figure out.